- REWRITTEN & RETITLED - A girl with a degree and a boy with, what she would call, a death wish, join forces to go to war against life's toughest enemies: time and distance. There's only one thing caught in the crossfire: love. While Bea Lasko is stuck in her Palo Alto apartment, her mind can't help but wander to the well-being of Tate Slade, who is stationed in Iraq. Tate wouldn't always be on Bea's mind if they weren't together, if they didn't have a child, and especially not if he was home. But when you're needed to defend your country, you can't really say no. Everything was going according to plan. Then nothing would ever be the same again.